Big Cats Limited, which runs the Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary, has actually entered into liquidation.
Northland’s huge cat park is dealing with additional unpredictability after the business behind it entered into liquidation.
The High Court in Whangārei recently purchased Big Cats Limited, which runs the Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary, into uncontrolled liquidation.
The business’s monetary position and the fate of staff were uncertain on Tuesday, with the liquidator’s very first report due on April 5.
A message on its website said the park, which has 13 lions, 2 Bengal tigers and a leopard, was momentarily closed.
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Big Cats director Janette Vallance said in a declaration the cats’ well-being was untouched and settlements were underway with the liquidator, Bolton Equities, and the Ministry for Primary Industries.
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Lion Man Craig Busch counters at animal abuse claims. (Video initially released in September 2016)
People with upcoming park reservations would be gotten in touch with, she said.
The park has actually had a chequered past. Formerly called Zion Wildlife Gardens, it was as soon as own by Craig Busch, a self-taught huge cat wrangler and star of the Lion Man tv program.
Busch handed control of the zoo to his mom Patricia Busch in 2006, and was sacked from the park 2 years later on, resulting in years of legal fights.
In 2009, huge cat handler Dalu Mncube was whipped to death by among the park’s tigers. The park later on pleaded guilty to health and wellness charges.
Zion Wildlife Gardens was taken into receivership in July 2011. It resumed the list below year as the Kingdom of Zion, which was required to nearby the Ministry for Primary Industries till the cats’ enclosures were updated.
The gates opened once again in December 2021 after centers and enclosures were updated and animal well-being and staffing problems dealt with.
